11-29-17

Today was the last college day in thesis :((((( Today I called the Duke admissions office, waiting on hold for at least 10 minutes, and then I talked an IT representative who helped me through difficulties I was having logging into my Duke portal. After that, I received an email from Vanderbilt, setting up my account flawlessly and without issue, much more straightforward than with Duke. Finally, I wrote a draft of my final essay for my Rice application, hopefully this will be my final college essay I have to write :)

11-27-17

With the December 1 deadline closely approaching, I began thesis by editing my six Duke, Vanderbilt, and Rice supplements. After proofreading them myself, I printed a copy of them for Mr. Correa to review. After doing that, I wrote my PTA scholarship essay, which I had prepared an outline for a few class periods prior. Additionally, I revised my scholarship application essays for both the UT 40 Acres Program and the Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship. Finally, after talking with Ms. Marberry about my UCLA admissions portal, she requested that I call their admissions office and inquire about my login information and if there was anything I needed to be concerned about. Unfortunately, this call took about ten minutes as I had to wait for a representative to talk to. Oh well, at least I am in good shape.

11-16-17

Today in thesis, after getting instruction from Mr. Correa, I began to work on my Thesis Term Paper. Compiling information from my annotated bibliography and reflecting on what I have learned, I composed an outline for it. Careful not to make it a research paper and focusing primarily on specifically what I have learned has and will continue to be the most difficult part of my work. In addition to working on my paper, I also re-formatted my annotated bibliography so Mr. Campbell could access it and sent it to him.

11-14-17

December 1 is getting closer and closer; as soon as one college deadline passes, the next one is right around the corner. In hopes of reducing my workload over Thanksgiving break, I got as much done on my supplements as possible. During class I was able to finalize my eight supplements for the University of California and the University of Southern California, reading over each and making small edits in virtually all of them. Additionally, I composed three additional supplements for Texas A&M (two for their Honors Program and one for the housing application). Finally, in order to finish applications to schools (it's not just about the essays unfortunately) I went to Common Application and checked over my answers to the personal/general information responses for USC.

11-10-17

Today in thesis, I focused primarily on scholarships. After handing one of my supplements to Mr. Correa and editing my four supplements for University of California, I began researching various scholarships. There were two in particular that I found - Moody Mega Math Challenge and the Texas PTA Scholarship. I drafted an outline for my PTA Scholarship essay and after that I went and talked to Dr. J about the Moody Mega Math Challenge, looking at previous year's winners and brainstorming on possible groups.

11-8-17

Finally. I am finished with my annotated bibliography and it is turned in. After finishing up my last 8 or so entries with annotations today in thesis, I can officially say I am done with that assignment. Now, I have nothing to worry about finishing this evening :) (except for all that government work Ms. Malone assigned).

11-6-17

After completing the time-consuming task of taking my senior photos (to the dismay of many of my classmates who took over 10 minutes, mine took a total of about thirty seconds), I continued working on my annotated bibliography. Over the course of the period, I was able to successfully finish seven more entries, leaving me with only seven more to complete next period before the bibliography's deadline on Thursday morning.

11-2-17

Now that November 1 has come and gone, I have more time for my thesis project. Today, I found four more sources for my project that I think will be helpful. Additionally, I wrote bibliography entries for these sources, finalizing my working bibliography (for now). After that, I began working on my annotated bibliography entries, finishing four of them. Thank goodness Mr. Correa extended the bibliography deadline; now I'm not stressed at all.